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Aldo Rossi: The Architecture of the City and Its Lasting Urban Theory
"Aldo Rossi’s The Architecture of the City (L’architettura della città), originally published in 1966, stands as one of the most influential theoretical treatises in modern architectural history. The book rejects functionalist reductionism, arguing instead that cities must be understood as collective artifacts shaped by history, memory, collective memory, and permanent physical structures. Introduction to Aldo Rossi and Urban Theory Published during a period when modernist urban planning and functional zoning dominated international design circles, Aldo Rossi’s The Architecture of the City delivered a radical critique of contemporary practices..."
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